I’ve noticed that the current sorting algorithms prioritize posts based on votes, which can sometimes lead to posts with high votes but few comments dominating the feed. This may not accurately reflect user engagement. On the other hand, sorting by “Most Comments” disregards votes entirely. I believe Lemmy should consider taking into account multiple user engagement metrics in their algorithms like comments, votes, time spent on a post, etc. What are your thoughts on this? Would you prefer a new sorting algorithm that combines various metrics, adjustments to existing algorithms to include more metrics, or do you like the current sorting algorithms available the way they are?
I like “hot” for votes only. Content does not necessarily need to provoke at lot of discussion to be worth seeing.
Equally, I like “active” for sorting according to what’s worth discussing in the comment section.
If you’re going to combine the two, it should be a new sort option. Going any further than that, and it’s beginning to smell like the type of code that sniffs out all the wrong buttons to press in people.